- Half-expected predicament was visited shortly after lunch break.
"Saino-kun, can you come for a moment?"
When I'm at my desk with textbooks, I hear voices from behind me that feel soft and somewhere powerful.
It is obvious without having to look back, such as who the Lord of the Voice is.
I sighed small and then replied to the voice.
"... good. Shall we go, Akitsu?"
Standing up and looking back, there's still Mr. Akitsu smiling with Nico.
I can feel something like rage with the usual pompous smile but I can't even hide it.
When I glanced at the center of the classroom, Natsuno was awash, sitting in his seat without knowing what to do.
(Well, there's no way Natsuno can hide it from Akitsu...)
I don't even have to think about what happened between us.
Natsuno, whose relationship with me has progressed all at once, has been in a pretty good mood since morning.
Akitsu, my best friend and good guess, can't possibly not think of Natsuno like that weird.
We should have interrogated him right away and got to the truth.
Perhaps even Natsuno tried to keep a secret quite a bit...... Akitsu is better at one or two.
From the beginning, he couldn't do anything about it.
Then we'll talk on the roof.
"Right. Good place to stay out of the way"
We exchange words briefly and the two of us leave the classroom.
Natsuno saw this one with a worried face, but don't worry, he put in a message and smiled.
I honestly don't want Natsuno to participate in the discussion from here.
I can only see an extra twisted future.
Fuyushima in the next seat, by the way, stared at this one uncommonly when she said something.
For once, I'm the 'Destiny Man', so did you give a shit?
…………
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Leave the classroom as it is and head to the stairs silently with each other.
It's a great sense of urgency.
Akitsu seems to be seriously angry, and somehow I can hear the grump from each and every one of them.
I'm getting pretty scared of what they're going to say.
Eventually, the two arrive on the roof.
The rooftops are open to students only during lunch breaks, but are unpopular due to the cold weather this season.
The ancestors, after all, had no one.
"... Well, then, let's hear your excuses"
Akitsu looks back here and speaks low.
I think I can kill people with my eyesight alone, that's a scary face.
Well, because of your face, that kind of look is unattractive... but anyway, strong anger is transmitted directly.
Hey, I have to take this seriously, too.
Nevertheless, there was nothing I could explain.
Thanks to the ”special night ticket", sleeping together is not an issue in itself.
But beyond that.
You set me up about having sex in a rape mood, and there's no excuse.
... so I choose 'Run away'.
Of course, I'm not running away.
Escape from interrogation… i.e. 'forward answers'.
I have the tools to do that.
"Uh, first, I'd like you to see this."
That's what I say, I give you a piece of paper out of your pocket.
Paper about the size of a bill, with a heart mark in the middle.
Needless to say, about who that is.
This is the last of the "Special Stay Vouchers”.
"?? What is this? Like this ticket, what does it have to do with anything?
Akitsu frowns, not knowing what I started all of a sudden.
But you interrupted my questioning, and it's not a bad reaction.
Let's keep it in the same trap as our best friend.
"In the meantime, if you could just look behind this, you'd see. Take it."
………… ... It doesn't say anything. Are you kidding me?
All right, operation successful.
Anger seems to have heated up even more, but I don't care about that anymore.
If you were able to give me a "special night ticket," the purchase would be complete.
I will ask Akitsu a question with the meaning of confirmation.
"Sorry, I think I brought a different piece of paper. By the way, can I sleep with you tonight?
"That's good, but does Saino-kun want to piss me off? I don't understand. Don't delude me."
Akitsu-san stuffs me while I rush to OK.
He's very angry, but for now, he said the "special night ticket” worked.
If so, simply postpone the answer appropriately.
There's a "Special Attack" I've been thinking about for Akitsu, so when we get into the futon together tonight, you can do it.
"... sorry. I'm really sorry. I'd like to talk to you a lot, but for now, all I can do is apologize. Sometimes I have to get ready... can you explain the situation to me tonight at Akitsu-san's house? I'll tell you everything."
………… ... No way, you're not gonna delude me with sex, are you? Unlike Princess Yi, I'm not convinced of that, am I?
"He said he wouldn't do that. I don't think that would delude Akitsu-san."
Respond to Akitsu, who has been staring at Giroli, pretending to be calm.
With my repeated experience, I'm not in a bit of a hurry.
Cheating on girls is already a treat.
…………
Akitsu stares at me with suspicious eyes.
It seems uncomfortable to be peeking into the back of my eyes, but I never disturbed my mind and took that gaze.
"..................... ok. The story is tonight, let me hear it. But instead, I'm going to ask you to go with some experiments. Be prepared."
You decided there seemed to be no malice in this one, and Akitsu nodded even as he offered the exchange terms.
All right, my sticky win.
They've succeeded in getting away from this scene for now.
(Nevertheless, experiments, or…. What the hell are you going to do...)
Thank you, while responding, I am deeply anxious.
Female mutilation... I don't think there's anything like it, but honestly, I only have a bad feeling about it.
Before they do anything weird tonight, it looks like you should go decide on a fight.
"Well, shall we go back to class? Natsuno-san's probably pretty worried."
"... right"
When I suggest it, Mr. Akitsu agrees with me even though he looks slightly overstated.
... All right, before you change your mind, let's go back to class.
I take the initiative to the rooftop entrance and exit and go straight into the building.
Akitsu-san followed me like that and followed the rooftop as well.
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After school.
I packed my bags immediately and headed to the faculty room as I did yesterday.
I could have promised Akitsu, and I want to cancel my exploration today.
I'll have to tell Dr. Harumachi about it.
By the way, the teacher's contact information is not yet registered on his smartphone.
I need to get my phone number when I explore the next dungeon.
"Excuse me."
We get to the faculty room and go inside speaking up.
Dr. Harumachi isn't here.
Maybe he hasn't come back from class yet.
I'll be right out of the faculty room, waiting in front of the door.
You shouldn't have to worry about other teachers thinking you're weird.
……………… That's too late......)
But after about five minutes of waiting, Dr. Harumachi doesn't show up.
Could it be that even difficult questions have been asked by students?
Or busy cleaning up after something?
Well, it's only five minutes, and if you wait a little longer, you'll come.
But time passes as it is.
Since I started waiting, it's been twenty minutes.
I went into the staff room and asked the other teachers, but it still seemed that Dr. Harumachi hadn't come back as soon as he went to class.
(... go find it)
I'm kind of starting to feel like I can see you even if I wait like this, so I walk down the hall to the stairs.
I don't know where he is, but if you look around the classroom, you'll find him.
I'll go straight up the stairs and look at the upstairs classroom first.
... There is no sign of Dr. Harumachi.
For once, I decided to ask the students around.
"Uh, sorry. Don't you know where Dr. Harumachi is?
"Dr. Harumachi... oh, if you're a teacher, you've been in our class until just now"
Junior female student with lowered hair who answers this question honestly.
That's pretty good information.
If we can get a foothold out of it, we'll know where we are.
"Well, don't you know where you are now? Are you still in class?
"Sorry, I left right after class, so what happened after that..."
"... well. Okay, thanks."
Uhm, doesn't that work?
I'm a little discouraged on the inside, even as I thank the female student who waves her head in regret.
I didn't get the question, I know, but in the end it remains unclear where I am.
They need to look around a little bit more.
But when she tried to walk away as she was, the girl student with the lowered hair said, "Oh, but".
"Uh, maybe... he's resting in the infirmary"
"Infirmary...?
Unexpectedly parrot back to unexpected information.
To me like that, the girl student told me why with a slightly worried face.
Anything, Harumachi Sensei suddenly got a boisterous look at the moment after class, and she left the classroom with a fluttering foothold.
That appearance, obviously, did not seem normal.
"... thanks. I'll go to the infirmary."
Express thanks to the girls students and run out the hallway.
Suddenly anxiety sprang up in my chest.
Something happened to Dr. Harumachi, I'm sure.
I'm simply worried about that... and at the same time I have a really bad feeling about it.
We should find the teacher as soon as possible.
I go down the stairs and open the infirmary door at the end of the hallway on the ground floor.
Dr. Harumachi is... not here.
For once, I also asked the infirmary teacher, but he doesn't seem to be here.
(Damn... where have you been?)
While closing the infirmary door, think in your head about where Dr. Harumachi is going.
But I have no idea what that is.
Although I went to the staff room again for now, the teacher still didn't seem to be back.
(I can't help it. Depending on the allowance, I'll have to find out......!
Driven by a sense of impatience, he concludes so and runs down the hallway.
Ground, second and third floors….
Hurry up and look around the classroom, but Harumachi Sensei is hard to find.
Eventually I finished seeing all the classrooms, but still the teacher was nowhere to be found.
(Then... there!
I'm headed to the last place left, and I'm going up the stairs at full speed.
Even during the lunch break, the place I went with Mr. Akitsu.
Rooftop.
"... first!
Open the door and call out loud.
Dr. Harumachi was... there!
He sits on the bench and sits blurry, unaware of this one.
I approached the teacher while I was breathing.
…………
Despite the fact that I'm here in front of you, I'm not responding to anything, Doctor.
That's a look I've seen before.
He has the exact same eyes as the unconscious state when the Dream Demon made the bell.
"… sir"
"Ah...... What... Simino...?
When called upon, Harumachi Sensei regains her sanity at once, and looks at this one to make her eyes patchy.
I asked such a teacher as I felt a bad feeling telling my spine.
"Doctor, why are you here?
"Huh? Uh, sure, someone called me... that?
Though I answered, Dr. Harumachi twisting his neck.
I guess I realized it was weird that I was saying it myself.
Who called you, and why isn't that other person here?
If you think about it, you can find as many unnatural things as you want.
But I had only one idea what was causing this anomaly.
A boisterous look, a call only heard by certain people.
Indeed, when Natsuno came to us before, there was a similar phenomenon.
Even when Dr. Harumachi found the dungeon, it probably felt similar to now.
... Yes, this is already, for sure.
There's something wrong with the dungeon.
"Doctor, just go home and rest today. I won't be exploring today either."
"Right... right. I don't realize it myself, but I'm probably pretty tired. I'm a little confused..."
"Yep, sleep slowly and restore your health. You can always explore, and don't worry about me."
I'll put a kind word to Dr. Harumachi, who honestly agreed with me.
The teacher smiled and stood up, saying, OK.
The footprint is solid.
It would be okay to let him go home alone.
As it was, we left the roof and broke up, each on his way home.
Teacher's house and mine, in the opposite direction.
On my way home, I'm alone.
(... after all, what was it? What's the dungeon trying to do?
Walk toward the house and circle your thoughts in your head.
A mysterious phenomenon, attacked Dr. Harumachi.
The cause is definitely a dungeon.
But let the teacher go to the roof and what the hell did that mean?
Although the presence of the dungeon was previously discovered by the teacher and the exploration changed dramatically to kick it...... this time the noticeable influence is nowhere.
At best, it's a little late for the teacher and me to get home.
…………
Somehow driven by a sense of impatience, walking faster naturally.
I can't wipe away a bad feeling.
Before I knew it, I felt like I was in some kind of deadly trap.
What the hell is that?
What kind of trap did the dungeon set on me?
Eventually, I arrived at home.
In the meantime, let's go check on the dungeon right away.
Something may be going on.
... but when I plugged the key into the front door keyhole, I noticed something unusual.
Come on, you're lying...?
(The key is open……!?)
I tried to turn the key, but there was no unlocking response or sound.
The lock is definitely unlocked.
Did I forget to tighten it?
No, I remember staying at Natsuno-san's house last night, but locking it up when I left the house properly.
So, maybe the parents who were on the adventure are back?
Impossible, but then it's weird that there's no car in the garage.
(Damn... they did it...!
When I got here, I finally figured out why the dungeon called Dr. Harumachi to the roof.
I thought the impact was delayed or something, but that's exactly what I was after.
I don't know what the principle is, but I guess the dungeon found out I was going home after talking to Dr. Harumachi and figured out how to use it.
And I don't know how to do this again, but I unlocked the front door and brought someone into the house.
If you aim for me while I'm taking a class, but you're doing it on purpose, that's probably someone who, like me, can't come here without being in this time zone... I mean, it's more likely that students from the same school.
I didn't mean to buy him time to find the dungeon.
(Ku...... what do we do? You want me to call the police? No, you can't. You can't have seen the dungeon, and the guy who went inside in the first place would have already seen it. Even if the police aren't lucky enough to check the basement, the guy caught could be talking in a situation hearing...!
Unexpectedly tongues.
I've tried spinning my head full, but I can't find a smart solution.
The only possibility is to persuade someone in the house to keep a secret...... that is the same means as when Harumachi Sensei.
Nevertheless, that was only possible because Dr. Harumachi had a thing for me, a forceful way of doing it.
I had to say that the chances of success are low because I don't even know who's in the house.
(But we have to. If this happens now, the negotiations are everything......!
Consolidate your resolve and open the door.
... For now, I don't see an intruder.
But I could see a weak wind blowing towards the basement.
Apparently, because of the open basement door, the air flow towards the dungeon's characteristic back has come this far.
I close the door so as not to make any noise, step by step down the stairs, slowly descending.
And...
"Huh..."
Unexpectedly, a whispering voice leaks.
A stone hallway, visible from the entrance to the basement.
I couldn't keep up with the unexpectedness of the person there for a moment.
At the same time, however, a sense of security springs up in my mind at once.
It's bad that they saw the dungeon.
But if she is, she will keep a secret.
... at least as long as you mistake me for a 'destiny man'.
".................. n"
The girl at the entrance to the dungeon… Fuyushima notices this one and looks back slowly.
That face, as usual, is faceless.
Discovering something beyond common sense called a dungeon was, as always, very cool.